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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requirements for the conduct of Texas Education Agency |
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special education due process hearings. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 29.0161, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.0161. CONTRACT WITH STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE |
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HEARINGS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION DUE PROCESS HEARINGS. The [Not
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later than December 1, 2003, the] agency and the State Office of |
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Administrative Hearings shall [jointly determine whether it would
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be cost-effective for the agency to] enter an interagency contract |
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for the purpose provided by this section. The [with the office
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under which the] office shall [would] conduct [all or part of] the |
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agency's special education due process hearings under the terms of |
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the contract and under 20 U.S.C. Section 1415 [and its subsequent
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amendments]. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2010, the Texas |
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Education Agency and the State Office of Administrative Hearings |
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shall execute the contract required by Section 29.0161, Education |
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Code, as amended by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |